Cake Donuts

3 3/4 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup cream
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine

Sift together flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, the nutmeg, and salt. Beat eggs, 2/3 cup sugar, and the vanilla till thick and lemon-colored. Combine cream and butter; add alternately to egg mixture with flour mixture, beating till just blended after each addition. Cover and chill dough about 2 hours. Roll dough 3/8 inch thick on floured surface. Cut with floured donut cutter. Fry in deep hot fat (oil) at 375 till golden brown, turning once (about 1 minute per side). Drain. While warm, frost or shake in mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Makes about 20 donuts.